Great Cemetery
Great Cemetery is a cemetery in Cairo Governorate, Egypt. Great Cemetery is situated nearby to the mosque funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay, as well as near the suburb Abdin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay and Al-Azhar Mosque.
funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay
Mosque
Photo: R Prazeres, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay, is an Islamic religious funerary complex located in the Northern Cemetery of Cairo, Egypt. Built by the Mamluk sultan al-Ashraf Qaytbay between 1470 and 1474, the complex consists of a mosque attached to Qaytbay's mausoleum, along with residential structures, a drinking trough for animals, and a smaller tomb. funerary complex of Sultan Qaytbay is situated 230 metres southwest of Great Cemetery.
Al-Azhar Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Azhar Mosque, known in Egypt simply as al-Azhar, is a mosque in the historic Islamic core of the city of Cairo, Egypt. Commissioned as the new capital of the Fatimid Caliphate in 970 CE, it was the first mosque established in a city that eventually earned the nickname "the City of a Thousand Minarets". Al-Azhar Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of Great Cemetery.
Hussein Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY 3.0.
The al-Hussein Mosque is a mosque and mausoleum, located near the Khan el-Khalili bazaar in Cairo, Egypt. Containing the tomb of Husayn ibn Ali that was originally built in 1154, the mosque and mausoleum were reconstructed in 1874. Hussein Mosque is situated 1¼ km west of Great Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Islamic Cairo and Abdin.
Islamic Cairo
Photo: Ahmed Al.Badawy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Islamic Cairo is the name commonly given to the core of medieval Cairo, a part of the city remarkably different from the modern Downtown district and the suburbs to the west.
Abdin
Suburb
Photo: ThutmoseIII, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abdin is a suburb, which is situated 2½ km west of Great Cemetery.
Al Daher
Neighborhood
Al-Daher is a district in the Western Area of Cairo, Egypt. According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are Sakakini and Abbassia. Al Daher is situated 3 km northwest of Great Cemetery.
Great Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Al Mougawren Cemetery”, “al-Qarafa al-Sharqiyya”, “al-Qarāfaẗ al-šarqiyyaẗ”, “Eastern Cemetery”, “El-Qarâfa el-Sharqîya”, “Northern Cemetery”, “Qarafa al-Kubra”, and “مقابر المجاورين”
- Category: burial
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.04535° or 30° 2′ 43″ northLongitude
31.27675° or 31° 16′ 36″ eastElevation
48 metres (157 feet)Open location code
8G2H27WG+4POpenStreetMap ID
way 29418164OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryGeoNames ID
9179994
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Great Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القرافة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “المقبرة الشمالية”
- French: “Cimetière est”
- French: “Nécropole de Qāytbāy”
- French: “Tombeaux des califes”
- French: “Désert de Qâïtbâï” (historical)
- French: “Tombeaux des khalifes” (historical)
- French: “Ville des tombeaux” (historical)
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